Monday, September 30, 2013

Welcome to a special blog hop......we are sending HUGE congrats to Kate and John from i {heart} papers!!! I've enjoyed my guest designer position the past two months and I'm so glad to be included in this hop congratulating a very special couple on their marriage!

I've used some fabulous stamps from Avery Elle........Petals and Stems and Handwritten Notes! (Both these sets are available at i {heart} papers!) I've masked the blooms and leaf image from Petals and Stems in various colors. I then added a sentiment and I LOVE how Handwritten Notes has these little "extra" phrases to add to your sentiments! To embellish just a bit, I've added some iridescent sequins, white satin bow, and prisma glitter.

Welcome to
the September Edition of the 12 Kits of Holidays! This group has almost been
together now for a TWO years!! Every single month we get goodies from the
hostess for the month. So many new things arrive..... makes it so fun!!! We have added some new things to our group recently.......a new BLOG
(The 12 Kits of Occasions) and
Facebook page. Please go join our following over on the blog and LIKE us
on Facebook!

This month our kit was sent out by Kim Heggins. It arrived and it was like Christmas! Everything was wrapped and packaged so sweet. I didn't want to open it! But I did. And what I found was AMAZING Halloween goodies! Take a peek below at what she sent! Thank so much Kim!

September Kit

{photo courtesy of Kara}

Let's just say that I create very last minute and this month's kit was almost self-assembling. Sweet! I'm going to share my FAVORITE card first........I **may** just fall in love with having an electronic cutter yet. Just look at this die cut......amazing. I've popped up with whole thing with foam adhesive!

Next up, I've used this amazing Halloween silhouette........

Then a sneak of my 3rd card that can be seen in FULL over on the 12 Kits of Occasions blog!

That's it from me
today but let's go check out what the rest of the group made with this kit!!!
The full supply list can be found on the 12 kits of Occasions blog!!!

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Hope your weekend is going well! We went to a friend's home last evening for a Cajun dinner featuring shrimp and crawfish! It was delish! Today we are heading out to see our son play some fall baseball games! The weather is gorgeous.....blue sky and cool temps!

I'm still on a roll with Halloween cards......must be that 12 Kits of Occasions post I've been working on for tomorrow! So you must come back for that!

I have an easy all stamped Halloween card......First I do want to disclose that I do love my pattern papers and I've added one in here but I do love to get back to the roots of my cardmaking......STAMPING! All the goodies uses today can be found at i {heart} papers!! Links to the specific products from IHP are below:

Saturday, September 28, 2013

I don't think I've mentioned that I'm in the process of organzing my dies........yes, this is a HUGE project for me. Some of you have seen before pics......none of which I am going to share just yet. I will share later. :) Just know that while I am creating and posting, I am also trying to get this marked off my to-do list!

I found some time to play with an older Neat & Tangled set called Halloween Scene. I need several Halloween cards this year for the kiddos in my family......so, check one more to-do off my list!

I pulled out some vellum to stamp my ghosts on to and trimmed them out. The "Happy Halloween" sentiment is one stamp so 'Happy' was selectively inked onto one part of a die cut banner and then again with the word 'Halloween' on another part of a banner.

Friday, September 27, 2013

This is just to thank you all for always visiting and making my day with your kind comments!

Reading them, makes MY world brighter!

I had some fun with this card.....kinda out of my element. It's vintagy (in my eyes)!! My first intention was to cover up the balloon with the banners but I loved the pop of color to that side of the card so I moved my banners over and I LOVE how it turned out! A big THANKS to Sharron for this layout....I fell in love with it!

Next up is this adorable pair of little lunch box notes that will sure be making their way into my daughter's lunch sometime! I've stamped and paper pieced the images from Lady Bug Thank You! and You are a Star. The frames were created by die cutting 2 dies together from Lil' Inker Designs. One frame the Tuxedo Black Timeless Twine was used to line the frame and the other was embellished with a simple tiny bow.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Fall is finally upon us and REVERSE CONFETTI is celebrating the
change of seasons along with a little known holiday. Did you know that today is World Gratitude
Day? World
Gratitude Day is your opportunity to show your gratitude and
appreciation for anything or anyone in your life with meaningful actions. To get you in the spirit of gratitude, the
CONFETTI CREW has put together some fabulous creations with a “fall-ish flair”
and a special “Gratitude Blog Hop”.

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, and you
should have made it here from Amber’s blog.
We hope you take a few minutes to enjoy what we’ve put together. We want the gratitude to be contagious enough
to inspire you to get creative and make something for someone you appreciate!

I don't thank my hubby enough for all he does so I thought this would be a perfect "masculine" card for him!!

In our Reverse Confetti group, we had a little discussion on fall COLOR. Someone on the team shared this color scheme and I just couldn't get it out of my mind. So, that is what my card was inspired from!!!

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We truly appreciate you hopping
along with us. In fact, to show our
appreciation, we are giving away a $15 gift certificate to REVERSE CONFETTI to one lucky
hopper! Just leave a comment at each stop along the way to be entered to win! You have until Monday, September 23rd
at noon CST. Jen will announce the
winner on the Time for a Card Tuesday post on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 24th. We want to thank you for welcoming REVERSE
CONFETTI as your new favorite stamp company!

We hope you’ve enjoyed hopping
with us today. Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more
REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration! Now it’s time to hop on over to Amy’s blog. If
you get lost along the way, you can always find the hop order and list of all
the participating designers over on the Reverse Confetti blog.

A few things before you hop along
though, just to keep you “in the know”…

SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (SFYTT)—Play along with us each month for
your chance to win the ENTIRE NEXT RELEASE and to be invited to play along with
the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps. Click HERE
for more details and link list.

‘FETTI FINDS—Link your REVERSE CONFETTI creations to the link list
posted on the Reverse Confetti blog each Monday. (Note: Reverse Confetti stamps are required for
‘Fetti Finds.) A ‘Fetti Fave will be
announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog from that months’ entries. The
‘FETTI FAVE will receive the ENTIRE NEXT STAMP RELEASE and be invited to play
along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new
stamps. Click HERE for more details and link list.

You should have arrived from the AMAZING blog of Laura Bassen! If not, please start back at the Simon Says Stamp blog to get started. I have several cards to share so let's get started!

My first card uses 2 new stamp sets from Kelly Purkey. I've stamped the striped banner from Documented on a white panel in bright fun colors. The sentiment (which I LOVE LOVE BTW), from I Like You, was stamped with black StazOn onto vellum and layered over the banner panel for a muted look.

My next card uses this cute Flamingo die all glittered up with Prisma Glitter. My sentiment, from Documented, was stamped onto a White Label (Kelly Purkey) and popped up with foam adhesive. All this was layered onto pattern paper from Lucky Charm by Dear Lizzy. A few pearl sequins (2 sizes) were layered together, topped with a clear gem, and scattered onto my card.

My last card uses this awesome badge type die called Wish You Were Here. I've die cut it twice and inlaid the white pieces back into the red die cut. This really makes the sentiment pop! Using some of my pattern paper stash from Urban Traveler by Simple Stories, I've divided the 2 papers with a piece of Chevron Washi Tape by Kelly Purkey and added some kraft twine. My Wish You Were Here die cut was adhered using foam adhesive.

Thank you so much for joining us today and your next stop is my good friend,Laurie Willison!

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great start to your weekend! The temperature is WAYY cooler this weekend than last......fall is in the air!! This week my son has the opportunity to play their football game at the KSU Wildcat stadium!!! The boys look forward to it all year!

You are probably wondering what I'm introducing........a new TWINE color from Timeless Twine by Bella Creationz called Autumn Spendor!!! It's just perfect for fall, Disney, or many other occasions! It is a wonderful mix of black, white, yellow, and red. I know I will be using this a lot!!

I have a sweet "thanks" card using a new stamp set called Forever Fall from Reverse Confetti. I've added stitching to a piece of pattern paper from the Happy Haunting 6x6 collection by MME. My sentiment (also from Forever Fall) was stamped in Black Staz-On onto vellum so that it could be layered over the die cut leaves. Adding in some new Autumn Splendor twine to the vellum banner was the perfect touch!

The new twine is available now and can be found HERE! Thanks so much for stopping by and for sharing part of your day with me!

Friday, September 13, 2013

Welcome to the last day of the September Release from Neat & Tangled! Danielle has designed some amazing holiday themed sets, don't you think??? Are you ready for one more post?

I've used stamps from the Merry and Bright stamp set. This set features ornaments and lovely sentiments in Danielle's handwriting!

I've heat embossed the ornaments onto PATTERN paper and trimmed out. I love the look of this with the bold white embossing! My card background is also pattern paper that I've added some clear heat embossed snowflakes from this set. Adding in some gold sequins from Neat & Tangled, certainly gives it "a little SPARKLE, a lot of SHINE"!

Stamp sets will be available for purchase HERE starting at 8am EST Friday.....NOW!

Thanks so much for stopping by during the Neat & Tangled September release!!!